Single Handed Sailing

[hellosailor]

Polar Diagrams | Polar Diagram Source

Try that one for a start, Richard.

[rlltrash]

Originally Posted by hellosailor

Polar Diagrams | Polar Diagram Source

Try that one for a start, Richard.

Thank you very much. It looks interesting.

Richard

[Jeff_H]

One problem with most published Polar diagrams is that they assume a full blown race crew with their weight in the right spot, i.e. weight on the rail. Because of that, polars and sail changes will be different than those for a fully crewed boats. Typically single-handers will have less weight aboard, and much less moveable ballast, and less crew to do sail changes. This puts a premium on setting up the boat with sails that work across as broad a wind range as possible and then designing the hardware, rig, and deck plan to allow rapid depowering (rather than furling or reefing.)

Jeff

[TQA]

Zombie thread alert

As the OP posted in 2006 he may be OK by now.

[ahab211]

I picked up an tiller pilot for $125 in our marina and with a roller furling genoa find single- handing a pleasure on my C&C24.like previously stated docking takes practice and don't come into your well any faster then you are willing to hit your dock!